"Give me five sentry ships and two hundred brothers, and I will go on a journey to punish you!"
"I'm going to take advantage of the fact that the Liao army has not yet gained a firm foothold!"
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In an instant, everyone's eyes shone with sharp light, and everyone rushed to the front.
Following Han Qing in the past two years, everyone's official positions and status have been rising step by step, and they are in good spirits. They were living a good life, but the old witch from Liao Kingdom made a mess with her conspiracy. Who is willing to endure it?
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That is to say, the Demon Queen of Liao Kingdom is too far away from the front line, and everyone is beyond reach. Otherwise, even the old witch's head will be cut off, let alone one of the minions under the old witch's command.
"Everyone, don't be anxious! Just listen to what I have to say. Even if you cross the river, you can't act rashly without preparation." Knowing that everyone didn't want to put themselves in danger, Han Qing smiled and waved his hands, "Now the river is completely protected by our army.
We have the initiative to control when and where to cross the river. Therefore, we do not need to rush, but first find out where the Liao army set up their tents, and where Xiao Moke and his followers
, are you following Yelu Longxu, or are you setting up a separate camp separately?"
"I'm going!"
"I'll go, I used to be a carpenter, I can dress up like my old trade!"
"I have been to Hebei before, and the terrain is familiar..."
After hearing this, all the generals began to take the initiative to ask for help.
"I already have a suitable candidate, no need to fight!" Han Qing smiled and pressed his hand down, signaling everyone to calm down.
As a commander, although he is leading a mixed army, he can no longer do everything by himself as he did when he was in the Yongxing Army. Therefore, he must learn to understand his subordinates and give full play to the strengths of most of them.
As for the task of crossing a river in disguise to detect the enemy's situation, the executor must meet four conditions.
First, the less "official air" you have, the better.
Second, the appearance and accent are not particularly different from those of the local people.
Third, he has plenty of physical strength and decent martial arts skills. Once his identity is exposed, he can have a chance to escape back to the ship.
Fourth, be bold and careful and be able to ensure the completion of tasks.
The last two conditions are easy to meet. Most of the brothers under his command were shot and killed from the grassroots level. If the third and fourth conditions cannot be met, it will be impossible to stand out among hundreds of people.
However, the first and second conditions are more difficult to satisfy.
Especially for military generals, the longer they stay, the easier it is for them to give people a feeling of power without anger. This kind of temperament will naturally get twice the result with half the effort when leading troops. When hiding one's identity, it is equivalent to tying a gun on one's head in the middle of the night.
A lantern.
The appearance and accent are even more difficult to change. Brothers either come from Zhenrong Army or Yongxing Army Road. The former usually speak standard Bianliang Mandarin, while the latter speak standard northwest flavor, which is similar to Jingdong and Hebei.
The daily accents of local people are distinct.
Therefore, in summary, the only two brothers who can meet these four conditions are Yuan Kun and Yuan Bao. They have been military officers for a short time and have not had time to develop their official spirit. Their ancestral home was originally Hebei, and their local accent has not changed.
Before joining the army, they made a living as a miner in Zhaoyuan, so their physical strength was absolutely sufficient. As for being brave and careful, the two of them could also meet the requirement.
Dou Sha worked neatly and quickly called brothers Yuan Kun and Yuan Bao back from the river. Han Qing briefly explained the task arrangement to the brothers, and the brothers immediately accepted the order.
In order to ensure the success rate of the mission, Han Qing gave another command arrow to Zhang Shouzhong and asked him to continue patrolling along the river with the warship. Whenever a dock occupied by the Liao army was found, or a Liao army settled near the river bank, that is,
Say hello with a crossbow with a fish oil can, no need to save supplies.
As a result, the Liao armies on the north bank of the Yellow River were in serious trouble. As long as they were discovered by Zhang Shouzhong's fleet, they would be infuriated by the incoming fish oil crossbows.
The range of crossbows was far greater than that of horn bows and cavalry bows. The Liao army was suddenly attacked. No matter how hard they fired their bows and arrows, they could not injure Zhang Shouzhong and his brothers at all.
When the clever men in the Liao army realized what was happening, they brought in crossbows from the baggage train. Zhang Shouzhong had already sailed away with his fleet, determined not to give the Liao army a chance to retaliate.
This continued for two or three days, and all the ferries on the north bank of the Yellow River within a hundred miles upstream and downstream of Yucheng Ferry and the gentle land along the coast were blazing with fire.
All the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom who collected boats to prepare to cross the river or camped near the river bank were burned to death. Yelu Longxu and Xiao Moke, senior officials of the Liao Kingdom, were so angry that they were furious but could do nothing.
But brothers Yuan Kun and Yuan Bao took advantage of the fact that the Liao soldiers' attention was attracted by Zhang Shouzhong, and quietly drove a fishing boat to the north bank of the Yellow River. Then, they led 20 carefully selected scouts to the north bank.
The enemy situation was clearly understood.
It wasn't the brothers' investigative abilities, but the Liao army's behavior of "walking one way and grabbing another" that had long aroused the wrath of heaven and earth.
Although some corrupt officials, evil gentry and some local ruffians took the initiative to cooperate with the Liao army, the actual control scope of the Liao army was only within the vicinity of the military camp and a few isolated state cities captured along the way. Beyond the military camp and state city, there was no
People are willing to pay attention to any political orders of the Liao Kingdom.
Even the vast majority of the powerful gentry, after their family granaries were emptied by the Liao army, were eager for the Liao country to lose the war quickly. Even if they saw suspicious people appearing, they would decisively turn a blind eye.
There are even some bold gentry who will send their clever nephews in the family to reveal some military information to suspicious people in a roundabout way without leaving any trace.
In this way, brothers Yuan Kun and Yuan Bao, without much effort, clearly understood the scope of activities of Xiao Moke, the deputy general manager of the Pingren Department in the south of Liao Kingdom.
This man was of a certain breed, and his father was the Prince of Lanling County, the General of the Right Prison Gate of the Liao Kingdom, and Xiao Dalin, the General Manager of the Southern Pedestrian Department. And his grandfather was the direct brother of the Empress Dowager Xiao Chuo's grandfather.
With such a powerful father and a cousin who was more powerful than the emperor, Xiao Moke naturally didn't pay much attention to Yelu Longxu.
Yelu Longxu and other Liao generals were also quite repelled by Xiao Moke because of his arrogance and domineering attitude. After the plan to cross the river failed in the past few days by driving the people to cover him, all the generals used the "chain plan" in their words.
"Three words to squeeze this person.
As a result, Xiao Moke was so angry that he led his minions to leave the military camp and go to Pingyuan County, twelve miles north of the ferry, to requisition the county government office to "dispose of official duties."
The magistrate of Pingyuan County had long ago abandoned his official position and fled. The person in charge of the affairs of the county now is a servant of Yelu Longxu's family, whose surname is Chen Mingyu.
As a loyal dog, County Magistrate Chen certainly did not dare to argue with Xiao Moke. He could only run to his owner and cry. And his owner, Yelu Longxu, was helpless with Xiao Moke. He directly gave Chen Yu a warrant to let him
Requisitioning private houses in Pingyuan City for the county government.
